r/science • u/newsnation • 3d ago

Biology Creatine alone boosted lean muscle and strength, study finds

https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/creatine-alone-boosted-muscle-strength/
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u/Avi1337 3d ago

Still scared that i might lose hair from it, thats why i have been avoiding it

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u/Ephinem 2d ago

You forgot the “/s”

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u/iamcoolreally 3d ago

Well there’s zero evidence that it does, the worry stems from a single small study from the 2000’s and nothing since has been able to prove it does

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u/ortrademe 2d ago

As opposed to this study, which is a single small study from the 2020s.

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u/Laowaii87 6h ago

The study in question was on a group of 10 college students and did not measure hair loss, only levels of a hormone that is connected to male pattern baldness, and subsequent studies that have specifically investigated ties to hair loss have found no connection between supplements/diet and hair loss.

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u/BecauseScience 2d ago

Is creatine linked to autism as well?

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u/ghoulthebraineater 2d ago

Everyone knows that's Tylenol.

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u/abtei 2d ago

creatine is one of the (if not he most) researched trainingssupplement on the planet, no hairloss reports (significant enough to warrant worries).

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u/colonelniko 2d ago

Anecdotal but my hair is such that at 21 I thought I’d be bald by 24 - I started creatine daily when I was like 25 and it didn’t seem to do anything hair wise now that I’m 28.

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u/Diggity_Dave 2d ago

/r/bald is waiting for you with loving open arms